House roll call 522 · 41st Congress · Jan 20, 1871
To amend S. 594 (16 stat 419, 2/21/71), by granting privilege of voting to all persons irrespective of sex, except those who are mentally incapacitated and pers
On Jan 20, 1871, the House voted 55–117 (S 594). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 54–68, Democrats 0–46, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 54 members voted against their own party.
During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 55
- No
- 117
- Did not vote
- 84
- Date
- Jan 20, 1871
By party
- Republicans54 yes · 68 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 46 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA voted yes
- William Penn Wolf R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Joseph Dixon R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- David Atwood R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 594 (16 stat 419, 2/21/71), by…: House Vote, Jan 20, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-522/to-amend-s-594-16-stat-419-2-21 (accessed 2026-10-17).